Billings Rod & Custom Club

Amazing! Originally our clubhouse sat at the foot of Black Otter Trail next to Boot Hill Cemetery, close to where Applebee’s is now. In 1953, Sherm Cowen bought the property where the Billings Trap Club is from the Rod and Gun Club and he and other members split off and formed the Billings Trap Club by Lake Elmo. Shortly after that in 1966, the remaining members moved the clubhouse from Boot Hill to the present location. Your outgoing President took hunter education in our clubhouse when it was still on Boot Hill, the benches we sit on were the same benches then, and that mountain lion was up there too! We owe our gratitude to those long-gone founders who started BRGC and the Trap Club. We also need to pay a little back by pitching in and volunteering to help maintain and improve our club. We are always looking for young guys and gals to help and keep us old guys from becoming grumpy old (fellows)! In closing, a safety note, while on the Bench Rest Range, keep those muzzles pointed down range, do not allow your muzzle to point west, anywhere near the vicinity of our neighbors. If you do see someone committing an unsafe act, please gather the information concerning the unsafe act and bring it to the attention of the Board of Directors. We will take it from there. Follow our safety rules, they are there for a good reason. The fun ends when an accident occurs, don’t end the fun! As always, stay safe, be kind, and shoot straight.